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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

Overview

Fast Facts:

A line of storms traversed across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana between 3-8 pm CDT, with generally two more focused areas of wind.

The first was a line segment through the following counties:  Ogle, northern DeKalb, northern Kane, southern McHenry, far northern Cook, and southern Lake.  This produced concentrated significant wind damage in Huntley and adjacent areas.

A second one moved across far southern Lee County and along the far northern LaSalle County border.  This weakened slightly before entering the far southern Chicago metro, but still had 40+ mph wind gusts. Part of this area re-intensified in northwest Indiana across northern Lake and Porter Counties.

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